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Film · 10 connectionsA fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Directed byCoralie Fargeat
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2023 · 93 min · Horror · Science Fiction
A lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.
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2020 · 107 min · Horror · Science Fiction
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
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2023 · 141 min · Comedy · Romance · Science Fiction
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
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2020 · 102 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
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2018 · 91 min · Horror
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...
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2024 · 98 min · Action · Horror · Science Fiction
When a troubled model takes a new drug at a party, she suffers a shocking transformation. Pursued by authorities and a dangerous gang, she hunts for a fix to reverse these effects, only to discover her mutations could save the human race.
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2020 · 113 min · Action · Crime · Science Fiction · Thriller
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
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2023 · 70 min · Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction
After experimenting with mysterious substances, four chem students find themselves addicted in the worst way possible: they’ll die unless they take more.
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2019 · 87 min · Science Fiction
A man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down his reality and expose his life for what it really is.
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2020 · 103 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.
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